LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I John Kenneth De FOREST
Service No: 41599
Born: Moonee Ponds VIC, 18 January 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 7 July 1941
Discharged from the RAAF: 8 April 1942
Unit at Discharge: No. 3 School of Technical Training, Ultimo NSW
Died: Tuberculosis, 21 June 1942, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Botany General Cemetery, Sydney NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John James Deforest and Annie Deforest, of Ararat, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 8 April 1942, Aircraftman Class I De Forest, a Trainee Group V, was discharged from the RAAF medically unfit for further service and he died of tuberculosis on 21 June 1942.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9301, 41599